Autoiviatic fire-lighter



E. H. DOESGHER. Automatic Fire Lighter.

No. 230,758. Patented Au 3, 1,880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @rrrce.

EIBE H. DOESCHEB, OF HOMESTEAD, IOWA.

AUTOMATlC FIRE-LIGHTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,758, dated August3, 1880.

Application filed January 23, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Erna H. DOESCHER, of Homestead, in the county ofIowa and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Automatic FireLighters, of which the following is aspecification.

The object I have in view is to produce an automatic fire-lighter whichwill have within itself the power to ignite the match when released for.operation, and will be set in motion by the alarm of a clock at the sametime that the alarm is sounded, the said fire-lighter being also certainin its action and simple, compact, and cheap in construction, and beingfurther capable of ready detachment from the clock when not in use.

My invention therein consists in the combination of the revolvingmatch-lighting disk with the operating-spring inclosed by such disk; inthe combination, with such disk, of the locking lever which is releasedby the movement of the alarm of the clock; in a pulley-or wheel on thewinding-stem of the alarm movement of a clock, which is connected by acord to the locking-lever, whereby the windin g up of the alarm willunwind such cord and the unwinding or sounding of the alarm will wind upsaid cord and pull the lockinglever; in the peculiar construction of thematch-holding device and,further, in thecombination of the principalparts of my automatic fire-lighter, all as fully hereinafter explained.

In the accom lanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure l is aperspective view of the device, showing the attachment of the same tothe alarm-movement of a clock; Fig. 2, a sectional view of theimitch-lighting disk, showingthe match-h0lding device in elevation, andFig. 3 a bottom view of the match-lighting disk.

Like letters denote corresponding parts in all three figures.

A is a small block of any convenient shape, and made preferably ofmetal. Upon the center of this block is mounted a circular case. B, withan open bottom resting on such block, and a closed top, forming thematch-lighting disk 0, which is provided with a frictional surface.

A stud, (1, passes from the block cent-rally up through the disk 0, andhas a holding-nut, b, on its upper end.

A coil-spring, D, is inclosed by the case B, and has one end connectedwith the stud a and the other end with a pin, 0, projecting downwardlyfrom the disk 0.

The disk 0 may be lined on the inside with a piece of wood or othernon-conductin g material, to protect the spring from the heat of thefire.

The spring is prevented from wholly unwinding by a lug, d, on the caseB, which comes in contact with a stud, c, on the block A, which stud cis shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. This stud and the lug also preventthe disk from being turned more than once around.

To the stud c is pivoted a locking-lever, E, which engages, when in avertical position, with one of a series of notches, f, in the rim of thedisk 0. This locking-lever is removably connected by a cord, g, with awheel or pulley, F, on the winding-stein of an alarm-movement,

G, such wheel or pulley being situated either wit-11in or outside of thealarm frame or case.

Only the alarm-movement is shown, it being understood that the otherparts of the clock are of the ordinary or any desired construction, andinclosed in a case, as usual.

The cord g passes through an eye, h", on the clock-case, or on the wallbelow the clock, or through a hole in the clock-case, to guide it to thewheel F. Its other end has a loop which is placed over the head of thelocking-lever, and is prevented from dropping down on the same by across-pin, g. This loop-connection permits the cord to be disengagedfrom the lever when the same drops down, so that the alarm can continueto turn after the lightingdisk is released.

The winding up of the alarm unwinds the cord 9 from the wheel F, whilethe sounding of the alarm will wind up such cord upon the wheel F, andwill draw the locking-lever out of engagement with thematch-lightingdisk.

To the block A, close to the case B, is pivoted an angular arm, H,having secured to one side and projecting over the disk 0 an inclinedplate, h, with which engages a similar plate, It, on an arm, H, pivotedto the side of the arm H. These two plates h h form jaws for holding thematch 41 in an inclined position, as shown, and" are clamped upon thematch by a pivoted. catch, j.

The disk 0 is provided with a depression,

70, into which the match drops when ignited, and a weight, I, on the endof the arm H strikes the block and prevents the match from coming intocontact with the bottom of this depression at the same time that itincreases the friction of the match on the lighting-disk.

To use my automatic fire-lighter the alarin of the clock is set at thehour it is desired to light the fire. A match is secured in the holder,which can be thrown back out of the way of the disk, and the disk isthen turned around against the force of the spring and is locked by thelever. The match is dropped upon the disk, the loop of the cord isslipped over the head f the lever, and the whole device is placed in thestove under the grate, a piece of paper being drawn down through thegrate or placed over the match so as to be lighted thereby.

When the alarm-movement is released by the clock the alarm sounds, thecord is wound upon the wheel F, the locking-lever is drawn fromengagement with the lighting-disk, the lighting-disk is released, and,turning, ignites the match, the cord is drawn out of the stove away fromthe fire, and the alarm continues to turn till run down. At any timeafter the fire is lighted the block and its attachments can be removedfrom the stove and the string coiled up out ofv the way.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is- 1. In an automatic firefighter, thematchlighting disk, in combination with an operat ing-spring inclosedthereby, substantially as described and shown.

2. In an automatic fire-lighter, the matchlighting disk and the inclosed operatin g-sprin g, in combination with alever for locking said4. In an automatic fire-lighter, the combination of the springmatch-lighting disk, the locking-lever for holding such disk against thepressure of its spring, and a wheel on the alarm-movement of a clock,connected by a cord with such locking-lever, substantially as describedand shown.

5. In an automatic tire-lighter, the matchholding device, consisting ofthe pivoted arm H, having inclined plate h, the pivoted arm H, withplate h, the pivoted catch j, and the weight I, for increasing thefriction and for supporting the end of the match above the bottom of thedepression in the lighting-disk, substantially as described and shown.

6. The automatic fire-lighter described, consisting of a portable blockcarrying a revolving spring match-lighting disk, a lever for lockingsuch disk, and a pivoted match-holder, in combination with analarm-clock having a wheel on the winding-stem of the alarm-movement,which is connected with the said locking-lever, substantially as setforth and shown.

EIBE HENRY DOESUHER.

Witnesses:

EDWIN McMIoAN, CHARLES MoERsoHEL, Jr.

